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Zusatztext The long-awaited publication of Professor Gunn's masterful study will prompt many historians to re-think what the phrase extensive research might entail. Gunn offers a tour-de-force of the historians art of persistent archival digging and also the science of processing that historical evidence into a compelling study [] Gunn matches his own existing high standards and leaves a difficult trail for others to follow. Informationen zum Autor Steven Gunn studied at Merton College, Oxford. He has held research fellowships there and at the University of Newcastle, and is now Fellow and Tutor in History at Merton College and Professor of Early Modern History at Oxford. His books include Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, c.1484-1545 (1988), Early Tudor Government 1485-1558 (1995), and, with David Grummitt and Hans Cools, War, State, and Society in England and the Netherlands, 1477-1559 (2007). Klappentext Reconstructs the lives of Henry VII's new men - low-born ministers with legal, financial, political, and military skills who enforced the king's will as he sought to strengthen government after the Wars of the Roses, examining how they exercised power, gained wealth, and spent it to sustain their new-found status. Zusammenfassung Reconstructs the lives of Henry VII's new men - low-born ministers with legal, financial, political, and military skills who enforced the king's will as he sought to strengthen government after the Wars of the Roses, examining how they exercised power, gained wealth, and spent it to sustain their new-found status. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Part I: New Men 1: Caitiffs and villains of simple birth 2: Principles and talents Part II: Service 3: Council, Court, and Parliament 4: Justice 5: Finance 6: Borderlands, war, and diplomacy Part III: Power 7: Towns and stewardships 8: Followers 9: Church and churchmen 10: Law and power 11: Families and friends Part IV: Wealth 12: The profits of power 13: The land market 14: Landlordship 15: Expenditure and status Part V: Survival 16: The new reign 17: Faith and fortune 18: The making of Tudor England Bibliography ...
